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The impersonal pronouns considered here ( YOU, ONE, and THEY) share two fundamental properties:
(i) they only refer to humans,
(ii) they allow generic readings. Dr. SHADIA Y. BANJAR 3
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Dr. SHADIA Y. BANJAR 4 EXAMPLES One should always be polite.
How does one get to 5th Avenue from here?
You should always be polite.
How do you get to 5th avenue from here? One You Means “any person, people in general.”
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Dr. SHADIA Y. BANJAR 5 MORE FORMAL IMPERSONAL
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Dr. SHADIA Y. BANJAR 6 EXAMPLES One should take care of one’s health.
One should take care of his health.
One should take care of his or her health. BRITISH+
FORMAL AMERICAN AWKWARD AMERICAN
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Dr. SHADIA Y. BANJAR 7 EXAMPLES _ Did Ann lose her job?
_ Yes. They fired her.
_ They mine graphite in Brazil,
don’t they?
_Yes, Brazil is one of the leading
graphite producers in the world. They = ‘some people
or
somebody’
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Dr. SHADIA Y. BANJAR 8 THANK YOU!